Gameloft, Capitol Records Nashville and GRAMMY winning country music trio Lady Antebellum have announced a global partnership to celebrate the country artist’s latest holiday album, On This Winter’s Night, by offering content to players of the popular western frontier themed city-builder TheOregon Trail: American Settlerfor a limited-time only.

Available now on the App Store, the latest TheOregon Trail: American Settler update allows players the opportunity to interact with Lady Antebellum in a whole new way by featuring the trio of band members, including Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood, as new in-game quest givers. After being tasked to build a brand new “Concert Hall,” players are then able to watch the group’s latest music videos from the new album On This Winter’s Night, along with being greeted by an exclusive welcome video from the band.

The collaboration illustrates the increasingly important and popular role digital and social games are playing in the entertainment industry by providing partners with a new platform to reach consumers with new and exciting content. Whether a player is familiar with the band or not, the game provides players with the chance to discover new music through an innovative way to interact with the group, while simultaneously either creating or reinforcing a strong emotional connection between the two.

“Gameloft prides itself on being able to offer its partners a way to engage users within our games’ via a holistic experience that combines all facets of a brand’s universe in a coherent and motivational way,” said Baudouin Corman, VP of Publishing for the Americas. “Given that Lady Antebellum is one of the most popular groups currently out there, we are thrilled to be able to work with the band to not only bring them a new channel to promote their new holiday album, but simultaneously bring our players a high-quality experience that further immerses them into the western frontier as well.”

“I’m always looking for strategic branding opportunities and working with Gameloft has provided an extraordinary platform for driving consumer awareness about Lady Antebellum and the “On This Winter’s Night” holiday album within a large and fast-growing digital media outlet,” said Dawn Gates, UMG Nashville Vice President of Digital Marketing.

Originally launched in November of 2011, The Oregon Trail: American Settler provides players with the chance to tame the wild western frontier after having conquered the long trek across the Oregon Trail. Inspired by the release of On This Winter’s Night, Lady Antebellum marks the first music sensation to be integrated into an update for the game.